Kerala Govt Doing its Best For Pilgrims in Uttarakhand

25 June 2013
Thiruvananthapuram

Uttarakhand Floods and Disaster caused by rain have stucked many pilgrims from all over India and have done major casualities and death. The State government has said it is doing its best to locate and rescue pilgrims, including a group of monks from the Sivagiri Mutt here, from flood-ravaged Uttarkhand.

“We hope to reach out to the monks by tomorrow,” Minister for Culture and Non-resident Welfare K.C. Joseph told newspersons here. Eighteen monks from the mutt were among 75 pilgrims from the State stranded in Uttarkhand. Health condition of at least two monks was a matter of concern. Ten other pilgrims were unaccounted for.

The State’s resident commissioner in New Delhi had been despatched to Haridwar to coordinate relief and rescue operations on a war-footing, the minister said. Leader of the stranded monks had said that no help from the government was forthcoming despite repeated requests to Central and State ministers.

The minister had said on Monday in Kottayam that the State government had several limitations in providing aid and relief to the stranded. “It is impossible to pick and choose Keralites from the crowd and provide them aid,” he had said.

Source– http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/states/kerala-govt-doing-its-best-to-airlift-pilgrims-from-uttarakhand/article4850062.ece

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